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White-Knuckle Affair

Plane and Pilot

entered WWII, Nolde joined the CAP, ferrying cargo and personnel around the country. Without a transponder, we were hiding in plain sight, all other aircraft oblivious to our presence, a sobering fact that became all too apparent when we noticed the KC-135 passing 3 miles in front of us as we circled counterclockwise around the town.

Runway 98
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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

Aerotime

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) differentiates an accident from an incident by imposing a threshold of aircraft damage set at $1 million. The contents of this article have been limited to commercial aircraft performing public transport flights, whether carrying cargo or passengers (or both). No hay heridos.

Runway 258